On Friday, the Central Bank (BCRA) added a new day without currency sales. In the weekly accumulated it had a favorable result of US$92 million.
Savings or solidarity dollar
The savings dollar or solidarity dollar -retail plus tax- advance 37 cents to $185.96 on average.
wholesale dollar
In the wholesale segment, the dollar, which is directly regulated by the BCRA, rose 32 cents this Monday to $107.10.
Last week it accumulated a rise of 63 cents (0.6%), lower than that of the previous week but the second highest of 2022. The price climbed at an annual rate close to 40%.
Market sources maintained that the greater control of imports, in a context of low liquidation for exports, helps the monetary authority to prevent the outflow of US currency.
financial dollars
Both the dollar “counted with liquid” (CCL) and the “stock market” (MEP) recorded their fifth consecutive fall this Friday, falling 1.5% and 1.6%, to $206.74 and $199.72, respectively .
In this way, the CCL showed a decline of 4.4% (-$9.47) compared to last Friday and a collapse of 11.3% (-$26.43) since the announcement of the understanding with the IMF. For its part, the MEP exhibited a weekly decline of 3.8% (-$7.87) and a decline of 10.1% (-$22.33) since January 27, after the statements of that day by President Alberto Fernandez and Minister Martin Guzman.
In this context, the gap between the CCL and the wholesale exchange rate fell to 93.6%, the lowest level since November 15, 2021.
The blue dollar suffered its worst daily fall in three weeks this Friday, February 18, 2022, which led to the gap with the official price piercing 100% for the first time since January 10, according to a survey by Ámbito in the Foreign Currency Black Market.
The informal dollar fell $3 to $211, its lowest level since mid-January. In this way, the price recorded its first weekly drop in February (-$4.50).
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Source: Ambito
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